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Texas Handmade Furniture
By Gary Weeks
Posted Mar 04, 2020
Categories:
Dining Chairs, Craftsmanship, Musings
When it first came out in 1975, a friend gave me a copy of Texas Furniture—a book about furniture handmade in Texas before the railroads came. It has served as inspiration ever since.
Leslie and I became friends with Lonn Taylor, the principle author, and Dedie, his wife. That friendship has been a joy, an education, and a validation.
Lonn was director of the Winedale Historical Center in Texas where some of the furniture in the book resides. He later was a director of portions of the Smithsonian. He used terms like “material culture” and made me feel like we added meaning and value by the work we do.
Retired to Ft. Davis, Lonn and Dedie were renowned hosts—their dinner guests sat in our chairs.
